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The National tribune., 1887-07-14
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
WASHINGTON. D. C., JULY u. 1887.
ARTICLES FORTHCOMING.

MECHhHICSVLLLE-l Spirited Sketch q
an Important Battle Of the PeHinsulav
Campaign By H. ID. 0'Brien, NQOr, Isl
Minn., East S. Louis III.
HOODS DIVISION At MISSION RIDGE
-Hs R'0RptncsS ia Reaching The Crest. By
Gen Aqaila Wiley, Colonel, 41st Ohio,
Wooster, o.
GREGG'S CAVALRY-Hs Part in The
Spring Campaign Of 1863. By ~ ID. Pres
ton, Ooptain, lOh ~ T. Car, Pittsburg, Pa.
TIE SAUNDERS RAID-A Successful
Expedition AgGinst tie East Tennessee aud
Ffrginia Railroca. By S. C. Fry, Battery
D, Isl Ohio L. H. La Crosse Kan.
RAPPAHANHOCK Sta 7ION.-The Bril-
Iiam Charge Of the 9Th Me- By d. e.
Natihe0s, San Francisco. Cal.
W1DDELL FARH-An Account Of Brisk
Arkansas FigLt. By Albert @. Bracket,
CClonol Sd u s. CaU, Fort Dauis, Ter
ON 10 RICHHOHD.-A Graphic Narrative
Of Capture and Captirity. By George B.
Crawford. Co G, Isl w. Va, Fellsbugg, W. Va
V1EDERVEER'S BRTGADE-Hs Gallant
Conduct at Caiokamougo. ByS. r. Zehring,
%. Y. 35th Ohio, GernantocR, o.
HlWRINSS zOU1FES.-7E First BayO-
na Charge. By J. u. e. Wiling, Sergeant,
Go. b. 9h ~ ", Men York City.
TIE 81 UKDERS RhID.-An account Of a
daring and successful expedition. By s.
CordeH F'y Battery d, LIST Ohio I. A., La
Crosse, Kan.
TIE COLORED TROOPS-zn Interesting
series Of articles on their Organisation and
Sariee. BIZ CAPT. Henry Romeya, 9Th u s..
Inf, Fort Keogh, MT
zHE AK7IPODES.-lnotsor Graphic Let
fer from Australia, soth Illustrations. By
C0mrade z. s. Heath
FOUND HIS MhTcH.-A Pleasant Story.
BIZ z. A. Dudley, BrooLlyR, NJ y.
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GEN. JOHN NEWTON told New York re-
porter that the feeling in regard TO the De-
pendent Pension Bill "was mainly aroused
by some prominent pens on attorneys, who
have bought up a lot Of these claims on speess-
tation." 1t is amazing that man who once
wore the stars Of MajOr-General should
know so little as this about the laws of the
country. But there seems to be no end to
the absurd misstatements in regard to pen
siOns. The law makes it simply impossible
tor any one to buy up pension claims.
The National tribune., 1887-07-14

DURING the war We always found the
man who had the fewest qualities of an Off
Ger was the one who was constantly worrying
about proper respect being shown to Off
GERS" Real officers never had to bother
themselves over this. The man who was
big enough for his shOulder-straps always
got all the respect" he wanted. 1t is the
same way with the Presidential Office.
The National tribune., 1887-07-14

HARVEY, the accomplished Chief Of q
Division in the Treasury, no Immediately
began on his appointment two years ago. a
skillful scheme Of plumber and got away
with ST. 900 before he was discovered, wa.
strongly OF the opinion that the "soldier
racket was played out, and that the veterans
IN the public employment "must goD He
viii have leisure during the next Is or 80
years thsi he will spend in the pcnitcntiary
10 perfect his ideas on this subject
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STOP THIS LYING,
have been.

The soldier-hating papers are straining
every nerve to awaken sympathy for the
President on the ground that the GAR has
threatened ito insult him. They hope in
this way to produce a reaction which will
help him cut of the troubles he has gotten
himself into.
But they have had recourse to an utter
falsehood to base their attacks upon. No
body has threatened TO insult the President
On the other hand, every prominent man
in the G.A.R--the Commander-in-C Chief,
Past COMMUNICATIVE Chief Burdett, Kouutz,
Beath, Wagner and Merrill, and score or
more of Department Commanders, have
said in the strongest terms that the Presi-
dent would not be insulted, but would be
treated with the respect due his Office. The
worst that he would have to fear would be
a manifestation of cold indifference
The cold truth is the Presidents super
seryiceable friends do not hesitate to lie in
the hopes OF helping him out of his trouble.
STRANGE GROUND FOR A PRESIDENT.
In assuming that any criticism of his acts
is persecution and coercion" Mr.. Cleveland
takes strange ground for President of the
United States. This is a novel idea for
country which is supposed to be free, and
the officials of which are supposed to be
public servants.
And, particularly, what reason has he for
assuming that the veterans of the war, as
class, are debarred from discussing and dis
approving of such OF his acts as iniuriously
affect them?
The ex-soldiers are unusually indepen-
dent-thinking, free-speaking men, with
strong convictions of matters of public
policy, and no hesitation about making their
opinions known. While in the field they
spoke their minds with the utmost freedom
about Mr.. LincOln's public acts, and since
the war they have been equally free and
candid in regard to Johnson's, Grants,
Hayes's, Garfields and Arthur's None of
these Presidents or their friends have COM
planned that these criticisms were persecu-
ton, or coercion" or showed lack of
respect for the high ofIice" of President
Is Mr. Cleveland yearning to stife free
speech with the preeept that the President
can do no wrong"?
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a REPORTER interviewed Gen. futile a,
his home in Des Moines, and that gentleman
said 10 him:
The Presidents back down lie 90 complete tina,
we don't feel like eNulting, but IL was the wisesl
and best thing lac could do. I seo he attempts 20
get sympathy by insuuating that threats Of VIC.
Hence had been made against him. oaR say tl,.l
1o threats OF violence were made or dreamed
oi The Old soldiers do mean 10 throw briels
tn order 20 show their contempt. I have ietter- l,y
ehe bushels from all arls Of ule United Staios aud
believe that W per cent. OF the old soldierr vera
opposed to having him review them All their an.
oAmpineit A. ~ the suggestion from NJ. Ioui,
thai tlie citizens viii treat the Grand Army with
lHoiFiilly ! can say that the old soldiers aNk mo
tAsors 81 81 Louie add do 20 there for thar p,,r
Poae lhry are not sei OF politicians. and they
VIII hnd Ril the entertainment they want in reneuv
ing aud strengthening The tiee VI lratsgaal ss,,o.
bon.
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THE men-ali outside of the G.AR.-who
are screeching themselves hoarse about the
peril of politics to the Order" may as well
save their breath. They are telling US
nothing new. We learned all about the
danger of politics by bitter experience years
ago. No organization ever received a Sc
verer lesson than we did of the evils of this
pernicious influence. That was one reason
why We did not want Mr. Cleveland ut the
National Encampment A burnt child
breads the fire. No politician or set of
politicians-be he or they Republican, DEM
ocratic, Greenhaeker, Prohibitionist, or Labor
Reformer-shall be allowed to make any
use whatever of the Order for partisan pur-
poses. We do not need any advice on that
subject 1t is one upon which we are all
adamant. So, gentlemen, just turn your
attention to the Tariff, or something else
that you understand better.
The National tribune., 1887-07-14

WILL some Of these yawpers tell US why
the refusal to invite Mr. Cleveland TO the
2lst National Encampment converts the
GAR. into q Republican machine" any
more than the refusal to invite Mr.. Blaine
to the 18th Encampment converted it into a
Democratic machinery
The National tribune., 1887-07-14

MAJ. WIN. WARNER, of Kansas CITY. Mo.
Past Senior Vice Chief. is
being suggested by various comrades for
COmmander-in-C Chief.
The National tribune., 1887-07-14

THE ST. Louis gentry who want 10 invite
The GAR. 20 meet elsewhere are not 10 be
regarded. We viii guarantee that nobody
In chat city is going TO object to our coming
there in any number we please and paying
for everything we get
The National tribune., 1887-07-14

ST.. LOUIS is now doing precisely what we
urged her to do from the first. By inviting
the President for date later than the Ma
tiOnal Eacampment she will double the adj
vantage she expected to gain. She will
have two great events instead of one, and
the visitors will be more than twice as
numerous and pour more than twice as
much money into the tills of her thrifty
citizens The number of those who will
attend the National Encampment will be
vastly greater than it would have been had
the President attended, and the number of
those who will come to see the President.
should he decide to go at later date, will
be much greater than it would have been
had he come during the Encampment. So
st. Louis will be the gamer all around.
The National tribune., 1887-07-14

From March IL, 1885, 10 March 81, 1887.
355 new appointments were made, of which
number ia were x-Union soldiers and Is1
including many soldiers widows, were civil
ians. During the same period there were
discharged, dropped from the rolls by death,
resignation and other causes, 132 ex-Union
soldiers, and 269 civilians.
The total number of claims of all kinds
filed during the year was 1853, including
81 ,s37 original, lO6,3l7 increase claims, and
1877 Mexican war claims. The receipts
Of mail matter for the year show n marked
increase in the volume Of the business of the
Office. Some idea of the magnitude of
the work Of the Bureau can be formed.
when il il known that during the last
fiscal year 1924 331 letters were received
and l,792 052 letters were sent ont in reply /:
the total correspondence of the Office being
4,026, 3S3 pieces handled Tor an average of
i4,447 pieces each working day of the year.
This is apart Of course, from the enormous
The National tribune., 1887-07-14

ALL this preconcertsd outbreak about
Insulting the President is a deliberately
planned attempt 10 break the moral force
Of the CARS Endorsement of the Depend
ent Pension Bin. Every man Of reasonable
sense sees through the scheme.
The National tribune., 1887-07-14

THE Atlanta editor who proclaimed that
the ovation to JEFF Davis last year was the
grandest day since the Resurrection MORN"
Is now the lustiest bowler about politics
in the GAR"
The National tribune., 1887-07-14

after the Encanpment, nothing now stands
in the way Of making that meeting the
grandest gathering OF eK-soldiers in the his
tory Of the Order.
Since there is no longer any danger Of the
Encampment being made the tag-end Of
political pOw-wow; since there is no need
10 fear that we will have TO struggle for
hotel accommodations and passage through
the streets with political associations and
campaign clubs let Us arise in our might
and 40 down to ST. Louis as the children of
Israel used to 60 up TO Jerusalem-by tens,
and hundreds. and thousands, and tens of
thousands, and hundreds Of thousands. Let
us go thither with our wives and sons and
daughters, and meet our comrades, whom
we have not seen since the war. with their
wives, sons and daughters, and hold such a
Reunion as we have never held, and may
never hold again. Let us fill that great city
10 overlooking with our numbers, that every
man who goes thither may be sure he viii
find at least some members Of his old COM
pany, regiment, and brigade to meet and
greet him.
This is the best opportunity that has
ever offered itself to many long-separated
comrades 10 come together. ST. Louis is
more accessible 10 greater number ofsoldiers
than any other large city. Much more than
half the survivors of the Union army now
reside within days ride Of her More than
100000 eK-soldiers dwell in Kansas alone,
and at least half that many in Iowa. while
fully half million veterans can be found in
Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, Indiana, Michi-
gan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Dakota,
Nebraska and Colorado. The section Of the
country west of the Allegauies sent more
than 100000 men to the field, and besides
the survivors Of these, hundreds of thou-
sands Of veterans from the Eastern States
have settled in the Interior since the war;
Not regiment which marched under the
Star Spangled Banner but has representa-
tives in every State Of the Upper Mississippi
Valley-of which st. Louis is the natural
center Many Of these who have lived in
the same State have heretofore not been
able TO come together. They can meet in
St Louis as readily as they can in their
own State, and there they can also meet
their comrades from other States.
The thing TO do now is for every one to
decide TO not let this chance slip 10 reunite
with his old comrades. BE will be unwise
if he does. 1t win be something that he
win always regret.
The expenses Of the trip can be made so
moderate as TO place it within the reach of
al.
Let the survivors OF every regiment and
brigade begin making arrangements to come
together during the National Encampment
They can make their calls through the COL
umns Of TIE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, SO that
every cOmrade viii hear Of il, and come If
possible.
Let us get together in St. Louis in the
mighty force with which we once assembled
On the banks Of the Potomac, the Cumber-
land, the Tennessee, and the Mississippi.
Let Us have jubilee Of time.
The National tribune., 1887-07-14

DowN in Georgia the excited people are
hanging Gov. Gordon in efigy, because be
pardoned red handed murderer. Now will
he-the Governor we mean-WIite wall
lng letter about persecution" attempted
coercion and lack OF respect for his high
Office ~
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lT seems strange that the GAR. shall
mot be allowed the privilege that all other
organizations have-that Ofssying who shall
he present al its great meetings
The National tribune., 1887-07-14

IL the President keeps on at this rate his
letters viii soon equal the number of his
vetoes.
The National tribune., 1887-07-14

TIE question seems 20 be who shall rur
the G.A.R.-the men inside of it or outsid,
of itP
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TotaI...-..52.g7s 5e.72s 7Osss 7g.6a IOl .Ios
That is, under the improved methods in
augurated by Gen. Black 3O,s10 more GER
tifcates were issued during the year just
closed than in 1885; 44,467 more than in
1884, and 1927 more than in 1888. Under
Gen. Blacks administration more pensions
have been allowed than under any previous
commissioner since the foundation of the
Government Gen. Black has good reason
TO feel proud of his administration of the
Pension service. The working efficiency of
the Pension Office is thus shown TO be about
AZ per cent greater than in 1885; IS per
cent. greater than in 1884, and about 90
per cent greater-almost double-than in
1883. The average number of clerks en-
ployed during the fiscal year Of 1SS3-ISs4
was ] ,5i5; in 1sSl-'S5, 1858 in the fiscal
year Of 1SS5-1SS6, 1911, and in the last
fiscal year 1880. The average working time
of the clerical force in the fiscal year of
lsSl-l6S5 was 266 days; in the following
year under Gen. Black it was increased to
PSI days, and for the fiscal year just closed
il was about 275 days. The total force en-
ployed up 10 and including April 80, 1887.
was 1928. OF this number there were:
The National tribune., 1887-07-14

WINFIELD s. HANCOCK Posi-, No. $50, of
Illinois, has donated $50 to the Logan
Monument fund.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-09-22
How to Save Garden Seeds.

Peas and beans should be left on the
vine until the pods are well wrinkled,
when they should be picked and spread
until they are quite dry. Small guam
titles may be shelled by hand, large
crops are threshed with fail. Keep
them in dry place.
Melon, cucumber, squash and pump
kin seeds should be taken only from
ripe perfect-shaped specimens. In a
small way the seeds may be simply
taken out, spread on plates or tins, and
dried. Larger quantities have to be
washed before drying, to remove the
slime that adheres to them. When the
seeds are thoroughly dried, tie them in
bags, and keep in dry place secure
from mice and rats.
Beets, parsnips, turnips, carrots,
onions, caulifiower and cabbage will not
produce seed until the second year. Set
out in early May, strong, well-matured
plants of last seasons crop. When the
seed is ripe, cut the stalks and put un-
der cover to dry; then beat out the seeds,
and tie in paper bags.
Seeds of all kind should be fully ripe
when gathered, but it is also important
to harvest them as soon as they are ripe.
For keeping small quantities of seeds,
paper bags are preferable to cloth, as
they afford better protection against
moisture and insects. Always mark
each package with the name of the seed
contained in it, and the year in which
it grew. Cold does not iniure the vital
ity of seeds, but moisture is detrimental
to all kinds.-Amorican Agricugturist.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-09-22
THE LIME-KILN CLUB.
The Man who Expected Too Much
of q Cold World.

"It ar my painful dooty to announce
another death among de members of dis
club" said Brother Gardner as the meet
ing opened. ''Unperceived Watson, an
honorary member residin' at Griffin,
Ga, are no mo- on airth. / hev bin no
titled by letter dat he passed away a week
ago. De steward will drape de red stool
wild de usual emblem of .mournin' an if
de deceased was behind ON his dues he
will draw blue mark fru de account.
81 knowed Brudder Watson. In his
death de world has lost a purity far sort
O. man. While he paid his debts to de
last cent, no white man could keep
chickens widin' two miles of him. While
you could trust him wild hoss, he neb-
Der lost an opportunity to pick up pig.
He was skeercely eber absent from de
Thursday ebenin' prayer meetin', but
you didn't want to leave a bone-handled
umbrella whar' he could pick it up.
''Brudder Watson was powerful kind
to his family, but at de same time he
didn't lose sight of de fackt dat his three
chil'en war bow-legged an his wife
cross-eyed. He fggered it down dat
some of em would be sick about once q
week an dat deir shoes would war out
about so often.
'Brudder Watson didn't expeck too
much of dis cold world. If he traded
mules unsight an unseen he went out
to his stables in de mawin' prepared to
see q corpse. If he put up a dollar on
de string game he wisely tiggered dat de
odder feller had eighty-four chances to
his sixteen. He realized dat de winter
brought chilblains and de summer mos
quitoes, an he sought to put up wild
boat widout complaint.
[ shall pronounce no euligy ober his
remains. When he was anxious to lib
on in order to injoy watermellyons,
green con, possums an odder Injuries
of life, he knOwed dat de sooner he died
de longer he could rest Sunday mawn-
ings, an de less wood he'd hev to cut to
keep de cabin fab goin' 1t ar needless
to pass resolushuns of sympathy fer his
wife. She figgers on our sympathy,
while at de same time she doan' reckon
ON gittiu' cent of our money. 1t ar
needless to resolve dat our loss ar Brud-
der Watson's gain. He took his chances.
We doan' know which way he went, an
we probably nebber SHALL
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-09-22
A Revolution.

William w. Hall, one of the Citizens
Committee of Thirteen that called on
King Kalakaua during the recent reyo-
luton at Honolulu and demanded that
he sign the new Constitution or abdicate,
was in Chicago the other day, and he
told q reporter about the committees
visit. "We filed into the palace" Mr..
Hall says, ''and found him sitting at n
desk. He was frightened and concilia-
tory. He asked us to be seated. but we
declined. Then our spokesman said ::
Your Majesty, we have a communico-
ton for you, and handed him the dozen
ment, and then told him that if no
answer was received in twenty four
hours we would conclude he declined to
accede to our demand. We did not feel
uneasy when we left. We had formed
a secret league, and had 500 citizens
sworn in, all of whom were members of
the only local militia company. He had
only 100 policemen and 60 palace atten-
dants to back him, for all the reputable
citizens We're with us. The King liked
society of adventurers who came
over from San Francisco better
than that of business men, and thev
beat him regularly ut poker. But his
GROWING extravaganza was fitting out q
man-of-war at cost of $50, 900, or al
each for every man, woman and child in
the whole group of islands,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-09-22
Capt. Cushing's Big Turtle.

Capt. Cushing of Cape Elizabeth,
Me-, says that recently he was fishing
along the coast about twenty miles west
of Portland Head and some miles from
the shore. He saw turtle upon the
water, knew it for turtle, and did not
mistake it for a seal or snake or any
thing but turtle, though it was such a
tremendously great one he could scarce
believe his ewes. When he first caught
sight of it he was almost near enough to
harpoon it, but not quite near enough.
He worked the boat up little nearer,
when the creature sank out of sight. In
q moment the turtle came to the sur
fnce again, and Capt. Gushing got full
view of him. He could have harpooned
it easily, but the proportions of the huge
animal were so immense that the cap
tain thought it prudent to say no more
about the harpoon, but to let the turtle
alone, if the turtle would extend the
same courtesy to himself. So he ''put
his hellum down" and ''skiltered for the
shore" Capt. Gushing says the turtle
must have been as much as fifteen feet
long, and each one of his hippers as big
as barn door.
(Which barn door," he was asked;
"the little one where they put the hay
in, or the two large ones where they
drive in the yoke of oxen!"
"Well," he said, "most any kind of
barn door would be good size for
flipper. Judging from that ], 1,400-pound
turtle that was broughtin the other day,
l should say this one must have weighed
about A, 200 pounds.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-09-22
THE POTENT STEAM WHISTLE.
Stanley and other Explorers soaring
the Natives out of their Wits.

When traveller takes o steamboat
for the first time upon an unexplored
river he usually finds that the whistle Is
as potent as a howitzer would be IN
keeping unfriendly natives at respect
fuI distance. The cable informed us
the other day that when Stanley reached
the big town of Yambunga, on the Aru,
wimi River, the village was depOpulated
in twinkling by blast from one of his
steamboat whistles. When they found
that nothing had hurt them, however,
they came back. The scare they got
may have accounted for the friendly re
ception they gave Stanley. When he
visited this town several years ago the
people would not sell him a particle of
food. They had an abundance, as he
was able to ascertain, though they
condition. This time, however, they
sold him plenty of eatables, and did
what they could to speed him on his
way.
Nothing impresses a savage more
than big noise, and nothing inspires
him with greater terror than noise he
does not understand. Baron Won Schwe-
rim says that firearms are chiefly use
full to the Congo natives for the noise
they can make with them. He thinks
the native with gun in his hand is not
half so much to be feared as when he is
armed with his lance. Flintlock mus
kets and gunpowder are two leading
articles of import into the Congo region,
but as yet the natives use them merely
to contribute a regular Fourth of July
racket to all festive occasions. Whole
kegs of gunpOwder arc sometimes
burned to celebrate victory in war or
the advent of new chief. Sometimes
the wretched guns burst, to the great
personal injury of the men who handle
them, but these tragic incidents do not
shake the native faith in the white
mans shooting iron as, on the whole, a
very innocent and most enjoyable play
thing.
But these putting STEAMBOATS, that are
evidently things of life are great
sources of terror on first acquaintance,
and when the strange swimming mons
ters emit an unearthy shrek everybody
within hearing feels that it is high time
to take to the woods Grenfell, Wolf,
and other Congo explorers, triumphantly
proved the efficacy of the steam whistle
ON occasions when the natives were de-
termined to be hostile at short range;
and when Capt. Everill assembled the
Fly River in New Guinea two years ago,
meeting many unfriendly tribes, blast
from his steam whistle was usually
enough to cause a let up in the showers
of arrows that everywhere greeted him.